https://github.com/rpolana/pdf_to_searchable_pdf

Python command-line utility to convert any pdf having images or unsearchable text to a searchable pdf
https://github.com/rpolana/pdf_to_searchable_pdf

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Python command-line utility to convert any pdf having images or unsearchable text to a searchable pdf

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rpolana/pdf_to_searchable_pdf
• Owner: rpolana
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2021-12-27T14:16:31.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-01-14T18:41:02.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-27T15:35:50.540Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pdf_to_searcheable_pdf

A cross-platform python command-line utility that converts any PDF file containing images or unsearcheable fonts to a searcheable text PDF file using tesseract OCR (optical character recognition) and other open source libraries

## Usage

`$ python pdf_to_searchable_pdf.py [-h] [-d DATA_DIR] [-t] [-i] input_filename`

    positional arguments:

        input_filename        input pdf filename

    optional arguments:

    -h, --help            show this help message and exit

    -d DATA_DIR, --data_dir DATA_DIR

                            input data directory

    -t, --text_flag       flag to output text file

    -i, --intermediates_flag

                            flag to output intermediate (page image and pdf) files

## Requirements/Dependencies

* Python 3.6 or up

* Python modules listed in the requirements.txt

* tesseract OCR 

* Poppler (Windows users will have to build or download poppler for Windows: (https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases/) which is the most up-to-date. You will then have to add the `bin/` folder to [PATH](https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/).